CLAY COUNTY SHERIFFS
1862 - 2005
1. 1862 through 1864 A.A. Partridge
A.A.Partridge
2. 1865 through 1866 Aaron Carpenter
Aaron Carpenter
3. 1867 L. Lyon (left office during term, reason unknown)
4. 1867 through 1870 Amos F. Shaw (appointed to replace Lyon - elected in 1868)
Amos Shaw
5. 1871 Thomas C. Hawthorn - resigned same year
6. 1871 through 1872 Calvin G. Shaw (appointed to fill balance of Hawthorne's term)
Calvin Shaw
7. 1873 through 1874 E.B. Dawson
E.B. Dawson
8. 1875 through 1876 Isaac Cope
Isaac Cope
9. 1877 through 1882 George McDonald
George McDonald
10. 1883 through 1884 Isaac Cope
Isaac Cope
11. 1885 through 1886 John Hart
12. 1887 through 1892 Isaac Cope
Isaac Cope
13. 1893 through 1896 John B. Satter
John B. Satter
14. 1897 through 1898 H.E. Vaughn
H.E. Vaughn
15. 1899 through 1900 John B. Satter
John B. Satter
16. 1901 Ole B. Johnson (died in office, April 1901)
17. 1901 through 1902 W.M. Gilchrist (appointed April 26, 1901 to fill Johnson's term)
18. 1903 through 1906 John A. Gunderson
19. 1907 through 1910 George Kempker
20. 1911 through 1914 James Partridge
21. 1915 through 1918 M.A. Vaughn
22. 1919 through 1922 George Kempker
23. 1923 through 1926 Franklin F. Orr
Franklin Orr
24. 1927 through 1930 James Partridge
25. 1931 through 1932 Howard Curtis
26. 1933 through 1936 William R. Russell, Jr.
27. 1937 through 1940 George F. Russell
28. 1941 through 1944 Herman P. Nelson
29. 1945 through 1948 Keeler C. Sherk
30. 1949 through 1952 Herman P. Nelson
31. 1953 through 1958 Joseph P. O'Connor
32. 1959 through 1962 Leo J. Wherry
Leo J. Wherry
33. 1963 through 1980 Arnold N. Nelson
34. 1980 through 2002 Raymond "Dusty" Passick
Raymond "Dusty" Passick
35. 2003 to present Andrew M. Howe
Andrew M. Howe